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At least 30 decomposing bodies are found in a boat off the coast of Dakar, Senegal.
2024-09-23

At least 14 people are killed when a pirogue capsizes off the coast of Dakar, Senegal.
2023-07-24

At least eight people are killed in a stampede at a football stadium in Dakar, Senegal, that started after police used tear gas to break up a fight between the rival teams' fans.
2017-07-15

Macky Sall, former Prime Minister under Abdoulaye Wade's administration, is elected President of Senegal.
2012-03-26

Police shoot and kill two people in Podor during protests over a decision by the Constitutional Council that President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade can run for re-election.
2012-01-30

Fires rage through Dakar after Senegal's top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office next month and prevents his best-known opponent, Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour, from running against him.
2012-01-28

President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade dismisses his energy minister Samuel Sarr, following a week of protests over frequent power cuts, and replaces him with Wade's own son.
2010-10-5

Senegal enters eight days of national mourning as President Abdoulaye Wade swears allegiance to the new Grand Marabout of the Mourides following the death of his predecessor, Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké.
2010-07-2

President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade announces in a televised address marking 50 years of independence that his country is to resume control of all military bases held by former colonial power France.
2010-04-4

Aftermath of 2010 Haiti earthquake: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade offers "voluntary repatriation" to each of his Haitian "sons and daughters of Africa".
2010-01-17